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ben bernanke says no, but other economists disagree. what does the man who used to define recessions in america, for americans think? what does he think we can do to turn things around? professor feldstein is next. lauren: regulation nation. one ceo says your energy bill could rise and hundreds of jobs lost if the government's coal regulations go into effect. the ceo of alpha natural resources makes his case. that's coming up. ♪ ally bank. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >> right now we see an economy which is expanding. we see employment, which is one of the key indicators, still growing. so the we expect the economy to continue grow. that is our best forecast as of now. is so we're not expecting a recession, federal reserve chairman ben ber
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rich, you've been all over ben bernanke's defense of qe3. i thought he had a lot of interesting things to say. break it down for us. >> reporter: really a point-by-point defense of all the criticism he's been getting over the years on quantitative easing and now the expansion of that, talking about some criticism that low borrowing cost is encouraging the federal government to borrow and spend more money. he says, look, that's all set by congress and the administration, has nothing to do with us. he also talks about people who try to save money, put money in cds or bank accounts. he said overall for the economy savers will benefit by qe2, by qe3 because the economy overall will be better. he says he's not monetizing the debt. he says the fed will unwind all of this when it comes time, and he says he expects this type of monetary policy will be in place for a considerable amount of time after the economy strengthens. he also addressed a question posed to him by the fox business network asking whether or not the united states is currently in a
rich, you've been all over ben bernanke's defense of qe3. i thought he had a lot of interesting things to say. break it down for us. >> reporter: really a point-by-point defense of all the criticism he's been getting over the years on quantitative easing and now the expansion of that, talking about some criticism that low borrowing cost is encouraging the federal government to borrow and spend more money. he says, look, that's all set by congress and the administration, has nothing to do...
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ben bernanke defends his strategy at the federal reserve to do more to help the economy. >> susie: and how technology is making it possible for doctors to go paperless. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: the first day of the new quarter, kicks off with a blue chip rally. investors were encouraged by a report showing that american factories were busy in september. a popular index of national factory activity rose to 51.5 last month, from 49.6 in august. it was the fastest pace of production since may. but that upbeat news was overshadowed by comments from federal reserve chief ben bernanke, saying the economy is not growing fast enough to bring down the unemployment rate. we'll have more on that in a moment. those two events led to volatile trading here on wall street. the dow rose about 78 points, but was up as much as 155 points earlier. the nasdaq drifted in and out of positive and negative territory, finally losing more than 2.5 points, and the s&p rose almost four points. and, as suzanne pratt reports there are conflicting views on the state of american manufactur
ben bernanke defends his strategy at the federal reserve to do more to help the economy. >> susie: and how technology is making it possible for doctors to go paperless. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: the first day of the new quarter, kicks off with a blue chip rally. investors were encouraged by a report showing that american factories were busy in september. a popular index of national factory activity rose to 51.5 last month, from 49.6 in...
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like to see paul volcker but ben bernanke you know. just my quantitative easing ben. well in germany they're also having a very difficult time responding to this madness and the central banks around the world of course yen divider min he called this bond an asset buying he called it what he called it the devil's work well germany eyes gold standard this is a report by do each a bank cold gold adjusting zero they say we are in a time that is quote zero for growth yield velocity and confidence we believe that there are nearly zero real options available to global policymakers the world needs growth and is willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get it to patients dead you know those doctor shows are there due in part massage and then the doctor says. right now it's just a global economy it's dead it doesn't it's in a coma dissolving it's japan but no global the banks are completely comatose policymakers are smoking crack the wall street bankers are high on meth amphetamine they they're completely. entered into a period of utter and. social experimentation where were t
like to see paul volcker but ben bernanke you know. just my quantitative easing ben. well in germany they're also having a very difficult time responding to this madness and the central banks around the world of course yen divider min he called this bond an asset buying he called it what he called it the devil's work well germany eyes gold standard this is a report by do each a bank cold gold adjusting zero they say we are in a time that is quote zero for growth yield velocity and confidence we...
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today investors will here from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. he'll discuss the fed's new stimulus program. stocks fell after the fed official said the plan will not create jobs. today medicare starts changing the way it does business. the agency will begin fining hospitals that has too many patients return within 40 days because of complication. it could affect 2,200 facilities and the average fine would be about $125,000. and an auction featuring the most famous outlaws in history raked in more than a million dollars. bonnie and clyde went down in a hail of gunfire, bonnie parker had a .38 taped to her thigh. yesterday the guns were auctioned off to the same bidder for a total of $524,000. wh >> ashley morrison here in new york. up next your monday morning weather and in sports a bizarre pre-game collision knocks down redskin starters and knocks them out of the game against the bucs. ♪ [ dog barking ] ♪ [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests, but your basic paper towel can handle them. especially if that towel is bounty basic. t
today investors will here from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. he'll discuss the fed's new stimulus program. stocks fell after the fed official said the plan will not create jobs. today medicare starts changing the way it does business. the agency will begin fining hospitals that has too many patients return within 40 days because of complication. it could affect 2,200 facilities and the average fine would be about $125,000. and an auction featuring the most famous outlaws in history...
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that's right he was given the two fingered salute the big bit of ben bernanke oh as they say over max that's also known as the harissa myth of the tongues of the last scotland and the headline that goes with this q e three will not fix america's problems warns paul volcker paul volcker the former federal reserve chairman credited with taming the inflationary threat of the one nine hundred seventy s. has warned that further quantitative easing will fail to prepare economies in europe and the u.s. well why i am a federal reserve bank which is the lender of last resort responsible for taking the punch bowl away when the party gets to rot is not do their job instead of being the lender of last resort there's a buyer a first resort they buy every schlock piece of junk bond that these investment banks that used to destroy the economy they'll take in their buyer and very garbage bond out there this was to be the buyer of first resort just went through the lender of last resort think completely screwed this thing up they got it all backwards and paul volcker of course back in the seventy's ea
that's right he was given the two fingered salute the big bit of ben bernanke oh as they say over max that's also known as the harissa myth of the tongues of the last scotland and the headline that goes with this q e three will not fix america's problems warns paul volcker paul volcker the former federal reserve chairman credited with taming the inflationary threat of the one nine hundred seventy s. has warned that further quantitative easing will fail to prepare economies in europe and the...
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you saider ben bernanke. right. national bureau of economic research they have been slow to call recessions. 1970 downturn they waited eight to nine months to call recession. just this past recession they called it in september 2010, about a year after it had ended. that is the issue here. when will the officials come out and say we're in a recession? we don't know whether we are but sure feels like one that we're close to a double-dip, if not just flat-lining right now given that business confidence has taken a hit. we saw the business round table come out and say look, our confidence is a three-year low for business executives. ashley: yep. >> is it just a fiscal cliff or is it more? that is what we're trying to get to the bottom of. federal reserve district the report slowing down economic activity in a number of regions including philadelphia and kansas city. ashley: plenty to chew on. emac, thank you very much. tracy: we need replacement refs? ashley: there you go. tracy: viewers cutting too deep for their own
you saider ben bernanke. right. national bureau of economic research they have been slow to call recessions. 1970 downturn they waited eight to nine months to call recession. just this past recession they called it in september 2010, about a year after it had ended. that is the issue here. when will the officials come out and say we're in a recession? we don't know whether we are but sure feels like one that we're close to a double-dip, if not just flat-lining right now given that business...
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all right we get it now even ben bernanke the fed with all of his tools the fed can't compensate for this fiasco. is a fiscal cliff is an address as i have said i don't think our tools are strong enough to offset the effects of major fiscal shock. so we have to think about what to do in that in that contingency. well we just hope that dr bernanke keeps thinking because we think he and his cohorts have done enough with their tools already so if they won't try to offset the impact then that's fantastic in our view but what exactly is entailed in the fiscal cliff anyway what here is a very simple definition except expiration of the bush era tax cuts as well as numerous other temporary tax cuts credits and deductions and acted by obama and this is coupled with major cuts in spending now this will hit in january of two thousand and thirteen and according to some it could push the u.s. back into recession now that's a simple version but as you can see by exhibit a this lovely chart compiled by the committee for a responsible federal budget there are homes of other tax increases and spendin
all right we get it now even ben bernanke the fed with all of his tools the fed can't compensate for this fiasco. is a fiscal cliff is an address as i have said i don't think our tools are strong enough to offset the effects of major fiscal shock. so we have to think about what to do in that in that contingency. well we just hope that dr bernanke keeps thinking because we think he and his cohorts have done enough with their tools already so if they won't try to offset the impact then that's...
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guy ben bernanke who all you also say is. i'm not sure exactly what i'm talking about except that i'm i'm convinced that printing more money is the answer and so he just throws it out the windows and people go well you know oh yeah i can use. to collateralize one next job placement yeah it's a slow speed car chase but because as you say he's on bath salts he's injected bath salts into the banking system into the monetary system he thinks he's going like five hundred miles per hour like well going so fast. he's slowly crashing. out of me well don't you back of course as well go the way but all these other big money center banks are to big to fail banks are technically insolvent their liabilities are ten times greater than the equity their resale value was your own they've got nothing but a cartridge toner full of back there to crank out counterfeit collateralized obligations of other derivatives there's nothing there there's nothing but a bunch of answers on a wheel spinning around to drive the energy of a printing press well
guy ben bernanke who all you also say is. i'm not sure exactly what i'm talking about except that i'm i'm convinced that printing more money is the answer and so he just throws it out the windows and people go well you know oh yeah i can use. to collateralize one next job placement yeah it's a slow speed car chase but because as you say he's on bath salts he's injected bath salts into the banking system into the monetary system he thinks he's going like five hundred miles per hour like well...
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fed chairman ben bernanke speaking right now out in indianapolis. he is about to take questions on the impact of the new qe3. in his prepared remarks, a full-throated defense of what he's done policiwise in the wake of the big financial crisis. we're going to bring it to you live. the fed and strong manufacturing numbers out today have the market squarely in rarely mode. the dow right now up 124 points, 1 13,561. >>> let's go where the action is. at the nyse. sue herera. >> as we wait for ben bernanke to begin that q&a session, we have a big stock market rally on our hands the first day of the trading quarter, up 123 points right now. bob pisani's joining me now on the floor. you're up a little sigh of relief there. a rally that's carried over to the u.s. but are the underpinnings here at home strong enough? >> new order xoen fent norcompo ism moved the market up in addition to follow-through from europe. the dow industrials were off the high 2-1 advancing to declining stocks. it was 3-1 earlier but you could see we've dipped a little just in the la
fed chairman ben bernanke speaking right now out in indianapolis. he is about to take questions on the impact of the new qe3. in his prepared remarks, a full-throated defense of what he's done policiwise in the wake of the big financial crisis. we're going to bring it to you live. the fed and strong manufacturing numbers out today have the market squarely in rarely mode. the dow right now up 124 points, 1 13,561. >>> let's go where the action is. at the nyse. sue herera. >> as we...
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bernanke in timothy geitner of course so in what way is the fed directly subsidizing the government in your view yeah i think this is taken on you know we started with q.e. one then we had q.e. two that ultimately had operation twist and now we have something that doesn't really look like a free market anymore the fed owns about twenty percent of all the coupon treasuries that are outstanding but because of operation twist the fed now owns about thirty five percent of all treasuries that have maturities of five year or greater so effectively the has bought up a large chunk of the back and they have had a huge influence on rates and not just because of their direct purchases but you know every hedge fund myself we all know that the fed's out there buying so that makes you slightly more comfortable buying treasury just so you know you have this deep pocketed investor who's going to continue buying and isn't particularly yield sensitive in fact as an old sensitive at all so i think that's had a huge influence on rates so if you look at the eight trillion or so that's outstanding just o
bernanke in timothy geitner of course so in what way is the fed directly subsidizing the government in your view yeah i think this is taken on you know we started with q.e. one then we had q.e. two that ultimately had operation twist and now we have something that doesn't really look like a free market anymore the fed owns about twenty percent of all the coupon treasuries that are outstanding but because of operation twist the fed now owns about thirty five percent of all treasuries that have...
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his boss, ben bernanke, saying, things are really ugly. i have the numbers. i think that probably we should do something now because it is serious. lou: always put that away. whether it is serious the fact of the matter is this housing market looks like it is offering some support. but when you look at the broader , macro economic reality you have to question even whether this is an illusion. i think -- >> it is not inconsistent to look at the housing market. going down so low for so long with interest rates so low. people have to live somewhere. iran has moved up. housing may have bottomed out. it does not mean we will have a bull market in housing. having said that, the economic numbers you talked about when you are reporting, can amount to a caterpillar, they have the world view. intel came up. lou: fedex. >> fedex. the company's i listened to, of washington. they say come made a good. i was in china last week. it a good over there. lou: of course moving overseas. china where there is every suggestion, one of the newest from china, is there a sense that th
his boss, ben bernanke, saying, things are really ugly. i have the numbers. i think that probably we should do something now because it is serious. lou: always put that away. whether it is serious the fact of the matter is this housing market looks like it is offering some support. but when you look at the broader , macro economic reality you have to question even whether this is an illusion. i think -- >> it is not inconsistent to look at the housing market. going down so low for so long...
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and you've got ben bernanke printing money. you know, i don't think that -- i think we got a little frothy on some of these commodity prices. look for them to form a bottom here and to start getting a bid. i think gold is going to start rallying here shortly along with soy, wheat and probably beef and pork. david: i tend to agree with you on gold anyway because the cb doesn't seem to be slowing down, and whether we like it or not, the fed's going to be printing money -- >> right. >> as long as we're getting free money from bernanke, i like to joke, gold's going to rally. i'm looking for $1800 an ounce relatively soon. but, you know, i think the real interesting thing is the s&p. we've got spain falling apart, and secession talk, and we've only managed to sell off around 2%? david: right, right. >> um, i think that's the real story here. we tested 1430, held. i'm looking for a rally, a relief rally tomorrow and a test of 1450 by the end of the week. david: all right. there's definitely going to be -- >> this is your opportunity
and you've got ben bernanke printing money. you know, i don't think that -- i think we got a little frothy on some of these commodity prices. look for them to form a bottom here and to start getting a bid. i think gold is going to start rallying here shortly along with soy, wheat and probably beef and pork. david: i tend to agree with you on gold anyway because the cb doesn't seem to be slowing down, and whether we like it or not, the fed's going to be printing money -- >> right. >>...
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ben bernanke speaking today -- >> very good to be here. >> thank you. gerri: the federal reserve chairman speaking today and said we are not in a recession. it is not likely we will be in recession. very optimistic. very beat. are you? >> no. i think we are probably losing momentum if we are not in a recession we are close to. the big problem is at the end of the year if we have not done something about the fiscal cliff we are going to be in recession very definitely. the rest of the world is slowing down as well. so certainlthe momentum is not good. whether the growth nber for the fourth quarter is a half a percent or three-quartersof% or zero it will feel pretty much the same. we will be close enough to recession to put some real pressure on the lame-duck congress to do something about that fiscal clef. gerri: motors recent in a poll, 60 percent of them said the u.s. is in a recession. at some pint it ecomes self reinforcing from the people who could take us out of this we don't want to spend because they don't have confidence. >> sure. up until septe
ben bernanke speaking today -- >> very good to be here. >> thank you. gerri: the federal reserve chairman speaking today and said we are not in a recession. it is not likely we will be in recession. very optimistic. very beat. are you? >> no. i think we are probably losing momentum if we are not in a recession we are close to. the big problem is at the end of the year if we have not done something about the fiscal cliff we are going to be in recession very definitely. the rest...
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>>> plus fed chief ben bernanke getting ready to take questions. we'll take you there live when he does. ♪ chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. zagat just gave hertz its top rating in 15 categories, including best overall car rental. so elevate your next car rental experience with the best. >>> welcome back on "halftime." so much for that gain in the nasdaq. we've given it almost all back now. you can look at one stock primarily for the reason why. that being microsoft today, downgraded over at rbc. that stock down .66%. back in a moment. a crash management system and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. try this... bayer? this isn't just a headache. trust me, this is new bayer migraine. [ male announcer ] it's the power of aspirin plus more in a triple action formula to relieve your tough migraines. new bayer migraine formula. [ male announcer ] the exceedingly nimble, ridiculously agile,
>>> plus fed chief ben bernanke getting ready to take questions. we'll take you there live when he does. ♪ chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. zagat just gave hertz its top rating in 15 categories, including best overall car rental. so elevate your next car rental experience with the best. >>> welcome back on "halftime." so much for that gain in the nasdaq. we've given it almost all...
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i believe the federal reserve's stance, brought about you by ben bernanke, will serve as a bridge over fiscal cliff and not take us down. the federal stance will take higher paying dividend companies into gems, seeking income, we'll band in bonds of cash poor countries and buy cash rick countries with yields that well exceed treasuries and still own a lot of gold. there's not a nation on earth that doesn't want its currency lower. that reserve currency is gold. also not to toot my own horn too hard, but throughout this period i recognized primecy of some bigger stocks, intel, wells fargo, verizon come to mind or the recognition you must own, not trade, own apple until it's too expensive versus it's growth rate and it's not near there yet. you have now heard pretty much everything. you've heard the last of when i've done over the last 12 months, at least for this evening. while i can already see the youtube about how cramer himself admits he's always getting things wrong, i thought for posterity i should lead with something more positive about "mad money," the youtube clips you post or
i believe the federal reserve's stance, brought about you by ben bernanke, will serve as a bridge over fiscal cliff and not take us down. the federal stance will take higher paying dividend companies into gems, seeking income, we'll band in bonds of cash poor countries and buy cash rick countries with yields that well exceed treasuries and still own a lot of gold. there's not a nation on earth that doesn't want its currency lower. that reserve currency is gold. also not to toot my own horn too...
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are these the numbers that forced ben bernanke, even though i don't think he is making the right move, is this what he felt compelled to do all he did in qe-3? >> we have seen this. third-quarter gdp number since 2008. we are churning through what happened inventory in the economy in 2008. we will live through the same cycle in 2012. we are really looking at the data that ben bernanke's right, it looks like we are looking into another recession here, even though the stock market says the all-time highs are bumping up levels where we would not be seeing additional stimulus. david: i hear a lot of people expressing their october surprises. we have had some of this before, 1987, is anybody down there expecting those? >> yes, they are. keep in mind, something happens that is profoundly different. we have seen a meaningful location out of consumer staples and financials end technology. that is eerie. people are really starting to get data. is this the beginning of the end of an october debacle or something new? that is the argument that is going on on the floor right now. david: what stock
are these the numbers that forced ben bernanke, even though i don't think he is making the right move, is this what he felt compelled to do all he did in qe-3? >> we have seen this. third-quarter gdp number since 2008. we are churning through what happened inventory in the economy in 2008. we will live through the same cycle in 2012. we are really looking at the data that ben bernanke's right, it looks like we are looking into another recession here, even though the stock market says the...
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fed chair ben bernanke's latest take on the economy will also get a lot of attention when minutes from the federal reserve's latest policy meeting are released. september auto sales are also on tap. some experts predict sales are up nearly 11% over last year. >>> meanwhile, according to aaa, the price of regular gas is down about five cents in the past week to an average $3.81 a gallon. >>> overseas this morning, uncertainty about spain's bailout weighed down asian stocks. thousands filled spain's capital this weekend to protest sweeping budget cuts and austerity measures included in a 2013 draft budget. >>> elsewhere, on the heals of apple's debut of the flawed apple app, oracle customers sl l have access to nokia's services. >>> hewlitt packard is set to roll out a new device that will work with microsoft's new windows 8 operating system. the elite pad 900 comes at a time when, according to new research, half of all adult americans now own either a tablet computer or a smart phone. >>> and finally, who says that crime doesn't pay? two guns that belonged to famed partners in crime bon
fed chair ben bernanke's latest take on the economy will also get a lot of attention when minutes from the federal reserve's latest policy meeting are released. september auto sales are also on tap. some experts predict sales are up nearly 11% over last year. >>> meanwhile, according to aaa, the price of regular gas is down about five cents in the past week to an average $3.81 a gallon. >>> overseas this morning, uncertainty about spain's bailout weighed down asian stocks....
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ben bernanke said he's going to continue to buy bonds to keep interest rates down, so that this purchasing manager's number won't be an aberration. when you examine the fundamental of individual stocks, you are playing what's known as the micro. when you take into account the big data numbers like the purchasing manager's index, you're making a macro analysis. again though like the idea of fighting the fed this micro/macro dichotomy might mean nothing to you unless you took ec 101. let's put it in terms that everybody can understand. anyone who's been to a museum or taken an art class knows that for years artists tried to paint pictures as if they were perfectly -- let's say they tried to capture the exact look. like a kodak camera. okay? that's called realism as the painters are indeed realistic. but as art progressed in the late 19th and early 20th century, you tend to get more -- let's say impressionist, less realist and then ultimately expressionists as the artists struggled to get beyond the four walls of the canvas, they took impressionism to the logical conclusion, coming up with sp
ben bernanke said he's going to continue to buy bonds to keep interest rates down, so that this purchasing manager's number won't be an aberration. when you examine the fundamental of individual stocks, you are playing what's known as the micro. when you take into account the big data numbers like the purchasing manager's index, you're making a macro analysis. again though like the idea of fighting the fed this micro/macro dichotomy might mean nothing to you unless you took ec 101. let's put it...
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chairman ben bernanke says this round of quantitative easing will continue until he sees an improvement in the job situation. >> we would continue securities purchases and employ other policy tools until the outlook for the job market improves substantially in a context of price stability. >> bernanke said the country's economy is improving but not fast enough to reduce unemployment. fed officials decided last month on another round of quantitative easing. it involves purchases of additional mortgage-backed securities at a rate of $40 billion a month. >>> managers at mitsubishi motors's subsidiaries say things are getting back to normal. maruti suzuki's sales are on the rise nearly three months after a riot shut down production at its factory in northern india. the managers say the company sold nearly 94,000 cars in september, up almost 10% from the same month last year. it's also an improvement compared to august when the firm suffered a 40% decline in sales. operators of the company's man sur plant closed the facility after a riot killed one indian executive. management fired more tha
chairman ben bernanke says this round of quantitative easing will continue until he sees an improvement in the job situation. >> we would continue securities purchases and employ other policy tools until the outlook for the job market improves substantially in a context of price stability. >> bernanke said the country's economy is improving but not fast enough to reduce unemployment. fed officials decided last month on another round of quantitative easing. it involves purchases of...
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it wasn't monday night football, but fed chairman ben bernanke was decidely defending yesterday. he said the fed needs to continue lowering borrowing rates while the economy continues to grow slowly, and that its bond-buying strategy will continue. he insisted that five years of low interest rate policies have not increased inflation. the fed plans to hold the interest rate near zero until at least mid- 2015. bernanke also indicated that there is not another recession on the horizon, but the economy still isn't strong enough to add jobs faster than the current rate. in greece, union workers are preparing for more 24-hour strikes and walk-outs this month. workers are protesting the government's austerity measures. government officials submitted a draft of the 2013 budget yesterday that calls for a new wave of deep cuts which will save $10 billion next year. workers will protest proposed cuts to salaries, pensions and other benefits. last week, 50,000 people in athens demonstrated against austerity. wages in china are going up - by some estimates, about 17% a year. it is providing
it wasn't monday night football, but fed chairman ben bernanke was decidely defending yesterday. he said the fed needs to continue lowering borrowing rates while the economy continues to grow slowly, and that its bond-buying strategy will continue. he insisted that five years of low interest rate policies have not increased inflation. the fed plans to hold the interest rate near zero until at least mid- 2015. bernanke also indicated that there is not another recession on the horizon, but the...
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for three straight quarters, the european economy has been rinking and federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said today amica is feeling the impact. >> it has been a problem for the oblemeconomy. we have seen head winds coming from slowing trade. >> reporter: if you combine rtports and exports, the european union is our biggest trading partner. >> so we have a very strong troerest in europe solving its problems. >> reporter: but the problem won't be solved quickly says ian brehmer who heads the eurasia group, a global research firm. oup,hat brings the europeans back to growth? no one started to address that issue. it's like saying what's going to bring the united states back to e healthy and manageable deficit. ck reporter: and the more imminent threat to the economy may be the so-called fiscal cliff. lledratings agency fitch has genc uncertainty about u.s. fiscal policy is the single- olggest near-term threat to the global recovery. >> winston churchill once said that the americans always do the right thing but only after extinguishing every other possibility. ther is precisely what the ame
for three straight quarters, the european economy has been rinking and federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said today amica is feeling the impact. >> it has been a problem for the oblemeconomy. we have seen head winds coming from slowing trade. >> reporter: if you combine rtports and exports, the european union is our biggest trading partner. >> so we have a very strong troerest in europe solving its problems. >> reporter: but the problem won't be solved quickly says...
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today investors will hear from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. he'll discuss the fed's new stimulus program. aimed at buying morning backed securities. stocks fell after the fed official said the plan will not create jobs. today medicare starts changing the way it does business. the agency will begin fining hospitals that has too many patients return within 40 days because of complications. it could affect 2,200 facilities and the average fine would be about $125,000. and an auction featuring the most famous outlaws in history raked in more than a million dollars. bonnie and clyde went down in a hail of gunfire, bonnie parker had a .38 taped to her thigh. clyde had a .45 in his waist. yesterday the guns were auctioned off to the same bidder for a total of $524,000. >> ashley morrison here in new york. up next your monday morning weather and in sports a bizarre pre-game collision knocks down redskin starters and knocks them out of the game against the bucs. pre-game collision knocks down redskin starters and knocks them out of the game against the
today investors will hear from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. he'll discuss the fed's new stimulus program. aimed at buying morning backed securities. stocks fell after the fed official said the plan will not create jobs. today medicare starts changing the way it does business. the agency will begin fining hospitals that has too many patients return within 40 days because of complications. it could affect 2,200 facilities and the average fine would be about $125,000. and an auction...
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fed chair ben bernanke's latest take on the economy will also get a lot of attention when minutes from the federal reserve's latest policy meeting are released. september auto sales are also on tap. some experts predict sales are up nearly 11% over last year. >>> meanwhile, according to aaa, the price of regular gas is down about five cents in the past week to an average $3.81 a gallon. >>> overseas this morning, uncertainty about spain's bailout weighed down asian stocks. thousands filled spain's capital this weekend to protest sweeping budget cuts and austerity measures included in a 2013 draft budget. >>> elsewhere, on the heels of apple's flawed debut of its new mapping app, nokia and oracle customers will have access to nokia's data and location services. >> hewlett-packard is set to roll out a new tablet device today that will work with microsoft's new windows 8 operating system. the elite pad 900 comes at a time when, according to new research, half of all adult americans now own either a tablet computer or a smart phone. >>> and finally, who says that crime doesn't pay? two gun
fed chair ben bernanke's latest take on the economy will also get a lot of attention when minutes from the federal reserve's latest policy meeting are released. september auto sales are also on tap. some experts predict sales are up nearly 11% over last year. >>> meanwhile, according to aaa, the price of regular gas is down about five cents in the past week to an average $3.81 a gallon. >>> overseas this morning, uncertainty about spain's bailout weighed down asian stocks....